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Lille Action Programme

Introduction

The Lille Action Programme is a proposal for a multi-annual programme of co-operation in urban affairs in the European Union. It was adopted at the informal meeting of ministers dealing with urban affairs in Lille on 3 November 2000.

Description

The Lille Action Programme is based on a report prepared by the Committee on Spatial Development in the autumn of 2000. The main aim of the report is to help Member States, the Commission and cities to give more tangible form to the policy objectives defined at European level to the challenges facing cities.

The programme proposes a common set of nine priorities:

A better acknowledgement of the role of towns and cities in spatial planning;
A new approach of urban policies on national and community levels;
Improving citizens participation;
Action to tackle social and ethnic segregation;
Promote an integrated and balanced urban development;
Promote partnership between public and private sectors;
Diffusion of best practices and networking;
Promote the use of modern technology in urban affairs;
A further analysis of the urban areas to deepen the knowledge of interlinked phenomena in the cities.

Contact info

Committee on Spatial Development (CSD)

Publication date

06/10/2000

Lille Action Programme (PDF, Eng, 115 KB)

Conclusions of the French Presidency of the European Union 2000 (PDF, Eng, 10 KB)

The Lille Action Programme: A Framework for the Development of an EU Urban Policy? (PDF, Eng, 50 KB)

Document type

policy

Themes

Urban Policy

Keywords